Photo by Wader
The time has come fore Autumn recipes... for a lot of us, anyway. Here it's really still too warm to enjoy them, but I'm crossing my fingers for a decrease in temperature soon (call me crazy, I love it to be cold!). Man how I miss New England Autumn! Anyway, what's better in the fall than pumpkin? Even if you don't like to eat it, the smell is amazing!
Ingredients
- 1 small pumpkin
- 3 stalks of celery
- 1 large carrot, peeled
- 1 yellow onion, peeled
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1 Tbsp nutmeg
- 1 Tsp sugar
Directions
Cut the top off the pumpkin and take all the seeds out. Scoop the inside of the pumpkin into a large pot. Dice the celery, onion, and carrot and add them to the pot. Add one tablespoon of nutmeg and one teaspoon of sugar. Simmer for approximately 1/2 hour. When the mixture is nice and soft, add the heavy cream. For the best consistency, mix more with either a hand or regular blender.
Should make 10-12 servings.
14 Responses
1
Michele
October 8th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Stefanie, thank for you such a simple, delicious looking recipes...and what a mouthwatering photo!!!
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Irish Gifts
October 8th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
What a great presentation and pic! I think we had something very similar about 6 mos ago. I'm going to pass your recipe onto my wife and see if we can have it again. Soup sounds perfect for this very rainy day here.
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susan
October 8th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
This is such a great recipe. One of the funniest things about living in Florida is that a lot of houses actually have fireplaces! So it will never be cold enough for this soup either.
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License plate search
October 8th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
When I was a kid I remember eating pumpkin soup and nearly crying because of the taste, lol. Later on as an adult I re-explored the soup and now I actually like it. We'll see if the wifey can whip this up for me. Thanks.
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Alan Diaz
October 8th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Thank you for the soup recipe. I will try it out and let you know how it comes out. My kids should enjoy the pumpkin flavor!
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Lina
October 9th, 2008 at 11:16 am
My Granny has just got back from hospital where she has been said to stick to a strict diet. She's eating boiled pumpkins and drink water... Just boiled pumpkins are nasty, I do believe, she'd love to try out the soup. I do hope that 1 carrot and a bit of onion won't do any bad to her:)
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wilson
October 11th, 2008 at 8:12 am
I loved pumpkin very much and I will consume 100g of pumpkin every week!
By the way, Stefanie. Did you know that the we can use the pumpkin to cure diabetes type I?
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Jordans
October 11th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
" (call me crazy, I love it to be cold!) " - OMG i do also! lol. i just love covering myself in blankets.... and watching a movie!
anyways im going to have to try this.
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Michelle
October 12th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
I love this recipe and I can't wait to try it. I've been so frustrated with fall recipes that I've found because they all use canned pumpkin.
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Flora
October 17th, 2008 at 2:01 am
This is great, finally I can make my very own pumpkin soup. Thanks for your wonderful recipe. Just looking at the photo has made me hungry.
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Convert
October 25th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Every time I make a pumpkin lantern, or roast meat with pumpkin, I also roast the pumpkin seeds. They are great source of goodness (heaps of zink) and they taste nice too. All these seeds need is just a simple quick wash and on any old pizza tray they get done to golden color pretty fast.
Roasted Pumpkin seeds also make an outstanding vinaigrette. Crush them in a food processor or mortar and pestle and combine them with vinegar, oil, honey, dijon mustard, shallots, and either mint or tarragon. I'd recommend using a lighter vinegar such as sherry, banyuls, or champagne as something like balsamic would be too overpowering. This would probably taste really good with Haggi's Pumpkin and Fennel salad.
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Stefanie
October 27th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Thanks for the comments everyone!
Convert, that sounds awesome!
13
Soup Recipe Onion
September 9th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Looks Really nice! been looking for a good pumpkin recipe for a while
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James Blackwell
September 9th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Nice work! this looks lovely